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Written by JFC Brunssum PAO, photos by JWC PAO

Created: 04 December 2016

On Wednesday 30 November 2016, General Salvatore Farina, Commander JFC Brunssum chaired the TRIDENT JAVELIN 2017 Training Audience Commanders’ Conference in Stavanger. The conference was hosted by Major General Andrzej Reudowicz, Commander of the Joint Warfare Centre.

Read more: TRIDENT JAVELIN 2017 Training Audience Commanders’ Conference

Written by Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A --- Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 14 November 2016

The execution phase of exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16 (TRJE16) was conducted from 24 October to 2 November in various locations across Europe, including the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway and Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) in Naples, Italy, as well as on-board NATO ship FS Tonnerre afloat. During the exercise, 27 nations, both NATO and non-NATO, were present at the JWC and 57 participating units and organizations were represented.

Read more: Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16 concludes

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A

Created: 29 October 2016

Directed by NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre (JWC), the computer assisted command post exercise (CAX/CPX) TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16 (TRJE16) is currently taking place in various locations across Europe as well as onboard NATO ship FS Tonnerre afloat.

Read more: NRF 17: Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 14 October 2016

Polish Army Major General Andrzej Reudowicz, Commander JWC, hosted this year’s Allied Command Transformation (ACT) Senior Mentor Conference from 11 to 12 October at NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger. The conference is held annually since the mid-2000s under the direction and leadership of ACT’s Joint Force Trainer (JFT) based in Norfolk, Virginia in the United States.

Read more: NATO Senior Mentor Conference 2016

Written by Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A, JWC PAO

Created: 29 September 2016

NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) hosted the Building Integrity Annual Discipline Conference in Stavanger, Norway from 28 to 29 September 2016. The conference was organized by the Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector (CIDS), in cooperation with NATO HQ in Brussels and Allied Command Transformation (ACT).

Read more: Building Integrity Annual Discipline Conference at JWC

Written by Lieutenant Colonel Andrew White, British Army, Head CIS Branch, JWC and Tommy H Reiestad, NCI Agency

Created: 24 September 2016

21 soldiers from 628 Signal Troop of NATO’s 1^st Signal Battalion deployed to the former Cold War bunker that forms part of the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) facility for Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2016 (TRJE16).

Read more: Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2016 Signals Set-Up

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Photos by Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A

Created: 22 September 2016

The Crisis Response Planning phase for Exercise TRIDENT JAGUAR 17 (TRJR17) took place from 10 to 22 September 2016 in multiple locations across Europe including Lille (France), Mons (Brussels), Münster (Germany) and Stavanger (Norway).

Read more: Crisis Response Planning for Exercise TRIDENT JAGUAR 17 concludes

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 18 September 2016

The Main Events List/Main Incidents List (MEL/MIL) Scripting Workshop for Exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16 (TRJE 16) took place from 5 to 14 September at NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, Norway.

Read more: TRIDENT JUNCTURE 16 MEL/MIL Scripting Workshop Concludes

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Photographs by Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A

Created: 14 September 2016

Norwegian Chief of Defence Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen visited NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Wednesday, 14 September 2016. He was accompanied by CDR Per Anders Bakke, his Military Assistant and Lt CDR Kay Norheim, the Aide-de-Camp.

Read more: Norwegian Chief of Defence Admiral Haakon Bruun-Hanssen visits JWC

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 08 September 2016

United States Navy Rear Admiral John Brad Skillman assumed the position of Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff for NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on 15 August 2016.

Read more: "I feel very fortunate to be assigned to the Joint Warfare Centre," U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John...

Written by Paul Sewell, DOM office/Organizational Development

Created: 06 September 2016

Last week saw the final instalment in the JWC's comprehensive newcomers' programme. The most recent JWC One Team Programme was an interactive two-day event introducing the new staff to the JWC's thriving organizational culture.

Read more: JWC Organizational Development Update

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 01 September 2016

The Norwegian Atlantic Committee's (Den Norske Atlanterhavskomite, DNAK) annual conference on international politics was held at NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Thursday, 1 September 2016.

Read more: International politics discussed at conference organized by DNAK

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 01 August 2016

The two-day NATO Warsaw Summit in July provided the defining moment for European security, building upon and further enhancing the 2014 Wales Summit Communique, which laid out plans for the biggest reinforcement of NATO’s collective defence since the Cold War.

Read more: General Denis Mercier: Warsaw Summit opened the fourth era for NATO Alliance

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Photographs by CPO Vincent Micheletti, FRA N

Created: 21 July 2016

Polish Army Brigadier General Andrzej Reudowicz assumed command of NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) today in a Change of Command Ceremony, replacing German Army Major General Reinhard Wolski who has served as the Centre's Commander since 24 September 2014.

UPDATE: Andrzej Reudowicz was promoted to the rank of Major General on 15 August 2016.

Read more: JWC welcomes new Commander Brigadier General Andrzej Reudowicz

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO

Created: 13 July 2016

The magazine's online edition can be found at the link below:

http://www.jwc.nato.int/media/selected-articles-from-the-three-swords-may-2014-issue

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Photographs by CPO Vincent Micheletti, FRA N

Created: 08 July 2016

German Army Major General Reinhard Wolski, Commander of NATO's Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) in Stavanger, addressed the staff for the final time on Friday, 8 July during an All Hands Call held at the JWC auditorium.

Read more: JWC bids farewell to Brigadier General Roger Watkins

Written by Paul Sewell, JWC Organizational Development

Created: 08 July 2016

On July 6, the JWC's TRIDENT JAVELIN 17 (TRJN17) team conducted a special offsite team building session. TRJN17 will be an important and complex exercise for NATO when it executes next year.

Read more: TRIDENT JAVELIN team building session

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO --- Photographs by Maj Stephen Olsen, NOR A

Created: 10 June 2016

Royal Norwegian Navy Commander Senior Grade Svein-Inge Soendergaard assumed command of NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency's CIS Support Unit Stavanger (CSU Stavanger) from Norwegian Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Atle Kjosnes during a ceremony held at the Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on 10 June 2016.

Read more: Change of Command at NCI Agency CSU Stavanger

Written by JFC Naples PAO and JWC PAO

Created: 09 June 2016

The Allied Joint Force Command Naples (JFC Naples) Operational Liaison Reconnaissance Team (OLRT) deployed as part of exercise TRIDENT JUNCTURE 2016 (TRJE16), June 5, 2016.

Read more: TRJE16 OLRT deploys to Estonia

Written by Inci Kucukaksoy, JWC PAO. Photos by CPO Vincent Micheletti, FRA N

Created: 31 May 2016

The Norwegian Minister of Defence, H.E. Ine Eriksen Søreide, visited NATO’s Joint Warfare Centre (JWC) on Tuesday, 31 May 2016.

Read more: Visit to JWC by the Minister of Defence of Norway